[TowerTalk] Fw: 5 Band KT34XA

[n4kg@juno.com]

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From: JRivamonte@aol.com
To: n4kg@juno.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:13:10 EST
Subject: 5 Band KT34XA

Tom,
I'm not sure why my attempted post which follows does not appear in 
TowerTalk, sorry.  Please critique or submit  for me. Thanks Joe W4UP

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Subject:    [TowerTalk] RE: USING KT34XA BOOM ON 40 MTRS
Date:   1/9/00,8:42:14 PM
From:   JRivamonte@aol.com
To: TOWERTALK@CONTESTING.COM

Noll, W9RN. A picture of my version of N4KG's 40/30 dipoles can be seen
at:

http://members.aol.com/jrivamonte/antenna.htm

Shorting the end elements to boom works and has no effect on the XA. It's
a 
trial and error drill with the short Omega match rod on the 40M side -
they 
were both the same length initially. My Autek reads as follows:
7.0     1.5:1           10.1    1.5:1
7.5     1.4:1           10.15   1.7:1
7.10                       1.7:1
7.2     1.9:1
7.3     2.4:1

Final Omega capacitors are made from RG 214 cut to min R then to min SWR.

Works great after lots of trips up the tower ( ball parking C's with
variable 
capacitors then RG 58 prototypes ) and lots of little pieces of coax on
the 
ground just as N4KG suggests - Hi. vy 73's.  Joe W4UP


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